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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day This is the title of an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures which was aired in 2011. It was directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and an anime film of the series was release in 2013. Its genre can be divided into drama, supernatural, romance, and tragedy. This is a story about a group of six childhood friends who drift apart after one of the friends called "Menma" dies in an accident. Through the reappearance of Menma as a ghost visiting one of t

Mystic, sexy, irresistible, powerful - stage free for some girl action with KOTOBUKIYA's BISHOUJO lineup. Bishoujo (美少女) is a Japanese term used to refer to pretty girls/women and this description couldn't live up more to its very name other than with this beautifully crafted statue series. Bishoujo female characters are in inspired from several famous licences of comic book, movie and video game heroines such as STREET FIGHTER, MARVEL and DC COMICS, TEKKEN and others. Typical the statues

緑茶 (ryokucha) or Japanese green tea, is the top kind of tea that is consumed in Japan. There are many known health benefits from drinking green tea. For a beautiful life, drinking green tea is highly recommended, compared to its other tea counterparts. What is green tea made of though? And how is drinking green tea good for you? Let us at J-Subculture elaborate.  Japanese green tea is made from the plant, チャノキ (chanoki), or Camellia sinensis. The image above is a picture of th

What is collagen? Collagen is the most common protein that is produced in the human body. Collagen has various roles to benefit the body, but the most visible role is its power over our skin. Collagen makes the mold of our skin and strengthens it while helping replace and restore dead skin cells. When we're young, the natural process of producing collagen is consistent. However, as we age, the production of collagen in our bodies declines, making our skin sag and leading a quicker path to wrinkl

【J-SUB Product Introductions – Anime Popculture related Items】 The from October starting 4th season of『My Hero Academia・僕のヒーローアカデミア』is now one of the most hotly anticipated anime to come out this fall!! My Hero Academia, or short HeroAca, was first published in the WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMP issue no. 32 in 2014 and has been serialized since in 24 volumes! The anime ran for its 1st season from April to June 2016, the 2nd season from March to September

Japanese stationery companies have the capacity to take those well known stationery goods, and transform them without modifying their usability. They´re capable to create ordinary stationery goods which seem to be totally new by just adding little modifications to the key idea, developing brand-new products that everyone know how to use. Midori is one of those Japanese stationery bands who focus their developments efforts towards this idea, brand new well known use

  Midori MD Notebooks are for lovers of the best notebooks the world has to offer, and these notebooks happen to be the best. The "MD" stands for "minimum design." These notebooks are simple, aesthetic, and are practically made to suit true writers out there. Why use anything lower than the high quality you deserve?  With its soft pages, you can open these notebooks with ease, keeping them in place so you can continue to write smoothly. The balance of white brings

【J-SUB Shop Product Introductions – Pikachu related Items】 Pikachu debuts in Hollywood!!!!!!!!!!! And that is for the first time in live-action for Pikachu! From appearance he looks all cute and snugly…but inside a “middle-aged man”?! Hilarous ((*´∀｀)) Not only in Japan, but much-loved around the world, this Pikachu finally receives its long-awaited live-action movie adaption☆ Have you taken a closer look at it yet? We thought to take up on the occa

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓     It’s about time we dedicate an article to the hugely popular hobby of GUNPLA (ガンプラ Ganpura), which has been around for decades with a devoted and growing fan community in its homeland as well as abroad. Gunpla is the abbreviation (oh how Japanese like to abbreviate things!) of the words GUNDAM + PLASTIC MODEL and the products are manufactured by the renowned Japanese toy company BANDAI. Gunpla are customizable assemb

Kuretake, founded in 1902, focuses on sumi-e inks for traditional brush calligraphy, pens and brush pens. Nowadays this modern Japanese company continues producing traditional ink. Their brush pens brushes are made with high quality hair making them some of the best pen brushes of the Japanese stationery, and today we want to introduce you one of their most colorful and best products, Kuretake Zig Letter Pens!  This stylish pen brings you the chance to pick your favorite pen body colo